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| County Fermanagh | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Fermanagh |
| –1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Fermanagh |
County Fermanagh was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
History
editIn the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Fermanagh was not represented.[1]
Members of Parliament
edit1613–1801
edit| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1613 | Sir Henry Folliott | Sir John Davies Speaker | ||||
| 1634 | Sir William Cole | Sir John Hume | ||||
| 1639 | Rory Maguire, expelled 1642 |
Sir William Cole | ||||
| 1661 | Sir John Cole, 1st Baronet | William Davys, died and repl. 1662 by Henry Blennerhassett | ||||
| 1689 | Fermanagh was not represented in the Patriot Parliament | |||||
| 1692 | James Corry | Abraham Creighton | ||||
| 1695 | Christopher Irwin | |||||
| 1713 | Sir Gustavus Hume, 3rd Bt | |||||
| 1719 | John Corry | |||||
| 1726 | Richard Cole | |||||
| 1727 | Henry Brooke | |||||
| 1731 | Nicholas Archdall | |||||
| 1761 | Mervyn Archdall | Arthur Brooke[note 1] | ||||
| 1783 | Arthur Cole-Hamilton | |||||
| 1790 | Viscount Cole | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Fermanagh | |||||
Notes
edit- ^ Created a baronet in 1764
References
edit- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 503.
Bibliography
edit- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.